Curtin Theses
Recent Submissions
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(2024)Native Western Australian plants are a prolific source of natural products. The largely unstudied Dodonaea genus is an abundant source of diterpenes with interesting chemistry that can be used as a feedstock for drug ...
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(2024)This thesis reports the synthesis and characterisation of novel luminescent iridium-lanthanide complexes. The resulting compounds were analysed using single crystal x-ray diffraction and various spectroscopic techniques ...
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(2025)Evaluative conditioning involves the learning of attitudes and preferences. These attitudes and preferences can be unlearnt via extinction; however, recent research has shown that attitudes and preferences can relapse. ...
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(2025)This thesis explores the complex multi-dimensional relationship between housing, rental assistance and wellbeing, which is spread over three main chapters. The first chapter explores the key drivers of transitions into ...
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(2024)The rising popularity of functional food in the diet due to their possible health benefits has driven probiotic food innovation. This PhD study optimizes encapsulation for probiotic powder, develops oleogel-based filling ...
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(2024)This thesis explores the lived experiences of bisexual and/or non-binary people in the colonial state of “Australia”, presenting a nuanced account of identity in the "queer borderlands" through the conceptual lenses of ...
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(2024)Smart growth is vital for Industry 4.0, but it mainly focuses on urban areas, which widens the urban-rural socioeconomic gap. This study proposed a decision-making framework, which includes smart rural, rural resilience, ...
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(2025)This thesis examines strengths-based approaches for autistic students in high schools, addressing research gaps. Through a scoping review and phenomenological studies of autistic adolescents, parents, and educators, it ...
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(2024)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has a complex aetiology involving genetic and environmental factors. This thesis explores how genetic and epigenetic variation in stress-related genes influences AD risk and progression. Key ...
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(2024)The Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) is a crucial yet lesser-known period in cosmic history when the first stars and galaxies began to ionise the early Universe. The neutral hydrogen that exists during the EoR allows us to ...